Chords for Lonnie Donegan - "The Grand Coulee Dam" - original 78
Tempo:
102.95 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
C
Am
Ab
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[G] Now the world holds seven wonders [Am] that the travelers always tell
[D] Some gardens and some towers, I [G] guess you know them well
But now the greatest wonder [C] is in Uncle Sam's fair land
[D] It's the big Columbia River and the big Grand [G] Coulee Dam
She heads up the Canadian Rockies [C] where the rippling waters collide
[D] Comes roaring down the canyon for to meet that [G] salty tide
Of the big Pacific Ocean [C] where the sun sinks in the west
[D] In the big Grand Coulee country, in the land I [G] love the best
In the misty crystal glitter [C] of the wild and windward spray
[D] Men have fought the pounding waters and met a [G] watery grave
Why she tore their boats to splinters, [C] but she gave men dreams to dream
[D] Of the day the Coulee Dam will cross that wild and [G] wasted stream
Now Uncle Sam took up the challenge [C] in the year of thirty-three
[D] For the farmer and the factory and all of [G] you and me
He said roll along Columbia, [C] you can roll down to the sea
[D] But River, while you're rambling, you can do some [G] work for me
In the misty crystal glitter [C] of the wild and windward spray
[D] Men have fought the pounding waters and met a [G] watery grave
Why she tore their boats to splinters, but [C] she gave men dreams to dream
[D] Of the day the Coulee Dam will cross that wild and wasted [G] stream
Now from Washington and Oregon [C] you can hear the factories hum
[D] Making chrome and making manganese and white [G] aluminum
Now roar the flying fortress [C] for to fight for Uncle Sam
[D] Along the whole of Columbia by the big Grand Coulee [G] Dam
In the misty crystal glitter of the wild and windward [C] spray
[D] Men have fought the pounding waters and met a [G] watery grave
Why she tore their boats to splinters, but she gave men [Am] dreams to dream
[D] Of the day the Coulee Dam will cross that wild [G] and wasted stream
Now the world holds seven [C] wonders, and the travelers always tell
[D] Some gardens and some towers, while the kids you [G] know do well
But now the greatest wonder [C] is in Uncle Sam's fair [D] land
It's the big Columbia River [G] and the big Grand Coulee Dam
[D] Some gardens and some towers, I [G] guess you know them well
But now the greatest wonder [C] is in Uncle Sam's fair land
[D] It's the big Columbia River and the big Grand [G] Coulee Dam
She heads up the Canadian Rockies [C] where the rippling waters collide
[D] Comes roaring down the canyon for to meet that [G] salty tide
Of the big Pacific Ocean [C] where the sun sinks in the west
[D] In the big Grand Coulee country, in the land I [G] love the best
In the misty crystal glitter [C] of the wild and windward spray
[D] Men have fought the pounding waters and met a [G] watery grave
Why she tore their boats to splinters, [C] but she gave men dreams to dream
[D] Of the day the Coulee Dam will cross that wild and [G] wasted stream
Now Uncle Sam took up the challenge [C] in the year of thirty-three
[D] For the farmer and the factory and all of [G] you and me
He said roll along Columbia, [C] you can roll down to the sea
[D] But River, while you're rambling, you can do some [G] work for me
In the misty crystal glitter [C] of the wild and windward spray
[D] Men have fought the pounding waters and met a [G] watery grave
Why she tore their boats to splinters, but [C] she gave men dreams to dream
[D] Of the day the Coulee Dam will cross that wild and wasted [G] stream
Now from Washington and Oregon [C] you can hear the factories hum
[D] Making chrome and making manganese and white [G] aluminum
Now roar the flying fortress [C] for to fight for Uncle Sam
[D] Along the whole of Columbia by the big Grand Coulee [G] Dam
In the misty crystal glitter of the wild and windward [C] spray
[D] Men have fought the pounding waters and met a [G] watery grave
Why she tore their boats to splinters, but she gave men [Am] dreams to dream
[D] Of the day the Coulee Dam will cross that wild [G] and wasted stream
Now the world holds seven [C] wonders, and the travelers always tell
[D] Some gardens and some towers, while the kids you [G] know do well
But now the greatest wonder [C] is in Uncle Sam's fair [D] land
It's the big Columbia River [G] and the big Grand Coulee Dam
Key:
G
D
C
Am
Ab
G
D
C
[G] _ _ _ Now the world holds seven wonders [Am] that the travelers always tell
[D] Some gardens and some towers, I [G] guess you know them well
But now the greatest wonder [C] is in Uncle Sam's fair land
[D] It's the big Columbia River and the big Grand [G] Coulee Dam
She heads up the Canadian Rockies [C] where the rippling waters collide
[D] Comes roaring down the canyon for to meet that [G] salty tide
Of the big Pacific Ocean [C] where the sun sinks in the west
[D] In the big Grand Coulee country, in the land I [G] love the best
In the misty crystal glitter [C] of the wild and windward spray
[D] Men have fought the pounding waters and met a [G] watery grave
Why she tore their boats to splinters, [C] but she gave men dreams to dream
[D] Of the day the Coulee Dam will cross that wild and [G] wasted stream
Now Uncle Sam took up the challenge [C] in the year of thirty-three
[D] For the farmer and the factory and all of [G] you and me
He said roll along Columbia, [C] you can roll down to the sea
[D] But River, while you're rambling, you can do some [G] work for me
In the misty crystal glitter [C] of the wild and windward spray
[D] Men have fought the pounding waters and met a [G] watery grave
Why she tore their boats to splinters, but [C] she gave men dreams to dream
[D] Of the day the Coulee Dam will cross that wild and wasted [G] stream
Now from Washington and Oregon [C] you can hear the factories hum
[D] Making chrome and making manganese and white [G] aluminum
Now roar the flying fortress [C] for to fight for Uncle Sam
[D] Along the whole of Columbia by the big Grand Coulee [G] Dam
In the misty crystal glitter of the wild and windward [C] spray
[D] Men have fought the pounding waters and met a [G] watery grave
Why she tore their boats to splinters, but she gave men [Am] dreams to dream
[D] Of the day the Coulee Dam will cross that wild [G] and wasted stream
Now the world holds seven [C] wonders, and the travelers always tell
[D] Some gardens and some towers, while the kids you [G] know do well
But now the greatest wonder [C] is in Uncle Sam's fair [D] land
It's the big Columbia River [G] and the big Grand Coulee Dam _ _ _ _ _
[D] Some gardens and some towers, I [G] guess you know them well
But now the greatest wonder [C] is in Uncle Sam's fair land
[D] It's the big Columbia River and the big Grand [G] Coulee Dam
She heads up the Canadian Rockies [C] where the rippling waters collide
[D] Comes roaring down the canyon for to meet that [G] salty tide
Of the big Pacific Ocean [C] where the sun sinks in the west
[D] In the big Grand Coulee country, in the land I [G] love the best
In the misty crystal glitter [C] of the wild and windward spray
[D] Men have fought the pounding waters and met a [G] watery grave
Why she tore their boats to splinters, [C] but she gave men dreams to dream
[D] Of the day the Coulee Dam will cross that wild and [G] wasted stream
Now Uncle Sam took up the challenge [C] in the year of thirty-three
[D] For the farmer and the factory and all of [G] you and me
He said roll along Columbia, [C] you can roll down to the sea
[D] But River, while you're rambling, you can do some [G] work for me
In the misty crystal glitter [C] of the wild and windward spray
[D] Men have fought the pounding waters and met a [G] watery grave
Why she tore their boats to splinters, but [C] she gave men dreams to dream
[D] Of the day the Coulee Dam will cross that wild and wasted [G] stream
Now from Washington and Oregon [C] you can hear the factories hum
[D] Making chrome and making manganese and white [G] aluminum
Now roar the flying fortress [C] for to fight for Uncle Sam
[D] Along the whole of Columbia by the big Grand Coulee [G] Dam
In the misty crystal glitter of the wild and windward [C] spray
[D] Men have fought the pounding waters and met a [G] watery grave
Why she tore their boats to splinters, but she gave men [Am] dreams to dream
[D] Of the day the Coulee Dam will cross that wild [G] and wasted stream
Now the world holds seven [C] wonders, and the travelers always tell
[D] Some gardens and some towers, while the kids you [G] know do well
But now the greatest wonder [C] is in Uncle Sam's fair [D] land
It's the big Columbia River [G] and the big Grand Coulee Dam _ _ _ _ _